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blaurascon

Posted 17 December 2013 - 08:09 AM

I'm all for creepy stuff, and tainted lands sound pretty neat... but didn't expect to find a huge blotch of it not far from where we're building spawn.

Googled around, didn't really get a whole lot of info aside from a few Reddit threads. So... uh.

What is taint, where does it come from, how dangerous is it, and how do I get rid of it? I know blooms and silverwoods get rid of it, is there any other way, or a way to identify the source?

The only two people on the server are me and the server host, and only I've been dabbling in thaumcraft - mainly running around and analyzing everything. We're both in creative most of the time because we're building spawn.

(I wouldn't mind living in a huge tainted area, but, I'll keep that to a mystcraft age, not the overworld!)

moute3

Posted 09 April 2014 - 05:33 AM

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The blooms should at least stop it form spreding but, you might want to use some silverwood to help counteract it and, like timrem said break the tainted node, that should make it go away. (sorry for necro)

SuperAWESOMEderp

Posted 05 April 2015 - 05:38 PM

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Sorry, this thread is 2 years old, but is it possible to completely destroy tainted lands? I don't care if I lose the tainted node. I just want the taint GONE. Stopping it from spreading doesn't cut it. I have Thaumcraft 4, and 1.7.10.

timrem

Posted 05 April 2015 - 11:38 PM

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Sorry, this thread is 2 years old, but is it possible to completely destroy tainted lands? I don't care if I lose the tainted node. I just want the taint GONE. Stopping it from spreading doesn't cut it. I have Thaumcraft 4, and 1.7.10.

If you destroy any tainted nodes, you can use ethereal blooms to cleanse the taint and remove the biome for good. If you never want to see tainted biomes ever, you can modify your thaumcraft config files to prevent tainted biomes from spawning, though you would need to use the ethereal blooms to remove any existing tainted lands in your world.

timrem

Posted 14 April 2015 - 03:41 PM

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Can silverwood saplings convert the taint into magical biome?

They can't.

While true that the saplings themselves can't, Silverwood trees have a chance to generate with a Pure Node inside, and those can slowly convert the nearby terrain into a magical forest biome (at least that's how it works in 1.6). This is not enough to overcome a Tainted Node, but can be used to eventually remove the tainted biome if there is no tainted node. Ethereal blooms are still the recommended way to go though, since they act much quicker and restore the biome to its natural state.

felinoel

Posted 14 April 2015 - 04:18 PM

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While true that the saplings themselves can't, Silverwood trees have a chance to generate with a Pure Node inside, and those can slowly convert the nearby terrain into a magical forest biome (at least that's how it works in 1.6). This is not enough to overcome a Tainted Node, but can be used to eventually remove the tainted biome if there is no tainted node. Ethereal blooms are still the recommended way to go though, since they act much quicker and restore the biome to its natural state.